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they only knew by hearsay, The man who used to persecute us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy, (Galatians 1, 23)
yet we found out that it is through faith in Jesus Christ, not by obeying the law, that a man is justified. We, like anyone else, had to learn to believe in Jesus Christ, so that we might be justified by faith in Christ, not by observance of the law. Observance of the law cannot win acceptance for a single human creature.✻ (Galatians 2, 16)
and yet I am alive; or rather, not I; it is Christ that lives in me. True, I am living, here and now, this mortal life; but my real life is the faith I have in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2, 20)
Let me be content with asking you one question, Was it from observance of the law that the Spirit came to you, or from obeying the call of faith? (Galatians 3, 2)
When God lavishes his Spirit on you and enables you to perform miracles, what is the reason for it? Your observance of the law, or your obedience to the call of faith? (Galatians 3, 5)
Remember how Abraham put his faith in God, and it was reckoned virtue in him.✻ (Galatians 3, 6)
You must recognize, then, that Abraham’s real children are the children of his faith. (Galatians 3, 7)
There is a passage in scripture which, long beforehand, brings to Abraham the good news, Through thee all the nations shall be blessed; and that passage looks forward to God’s justification of the Gentiles by faith.✻ (Galatians 3, 8)
It is those, then, who take their stand on faith that share the blessing Abraham’s faithfulness won. (Galatians 3, 9)
And indeed, that the law cannot make a man acceptable to God is clear enough; It is faith, we are told, that brings life to the just man; (Galatians 3, 11)
whereas the law does not depend on faith; no, we are told it is the man who carries out the commandments that will find life in them.✻ (Galatians 3, 12)
Thus, in Christ Jesus, the blessing of Abraham was to be imparted to the Gentiles, so that we, through faith, might receive the promised gift of the Spirit. (Galatians 3, 14)
